Person with legal responsibility

Firstname, Surname:

Mr
Chris Koch

Position:

President and CEO

Person in charge of EU relations

Firstname, Surname:

Mr
Lars Kjaer

Position:

Vice President

Goals / remit

Goals / remit of the organisation:

The World Shipping Council comprises 29 members representing approximately 90 percent of the global liner vessel capacity and transporting approximately 130 million TEU annually. Its goal is to provide a coordinated voice for the liner shipping industry in its work with policymakers and other industry groups with an interest in international transportation.Through its permanent office in Brussels established in 2007, the World Shipping Council partners with the relevant institutions in the European Union. Its objective is to improve understanding of the liner shipping industry among EU decision makers in order to ensure the efficiency of EU decisions impacting the liner shipping industry. Much of the permanent office's activity is devoted to the development of new EU customs regulations that enhance cargo security without impeding the flow of legitimate cargo.

The organisation's fields of interests are:

global

Activities

Main EU initiatives, policies and legislative files currently followed by your organisation:

The permanent office's activity has been devoted primarily to the development of the new EU cargo security regulations. It is also the contact point for EU competition law relating to the liner shipping industry. In addition, it is involved in various transportation and environmental issues at the European level.

Number of persons involved in the activities described in the box above

Number of persons:

3

Complementary information:

Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises

No accredited persons

Fields of interest

The organisation's fields of interests are:

Competition

Customs

Environment

External Relations

Foreign and Security Policy and Defence

General and Institutional Affairs

Internal Market

Trade

Trans-European Networks

Transport

Membership and affiliation

Member organisations:

Membership of any associations/(con)federations/networks or other bodies:

Financial data

Financial year:

08/2012
-
07/2013

Estimate of the annual costs related to activities covered by the register:

200,000
€ - 250,000
€

Most recent financial information about funding received from the EU institutions:

Procurement:

0 €

Grants:

0 €

Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:

Code of conduct

By its registration the organisation has signed the Transparency Register Code of Conduct.

The organisation has also declared to be bound to the following other Code:
Yes